Sonar enters the third dimension »
Posted By _kam0_ 3 months ago in Science & TechnologyToday's standard sonar, a depthsounder, only communicates the distance to the sea-floor directly beneath a ship. ("it's like steering a car by only peering through a hole in the floor.") By contrast, FarSounder's new sonar combines all three dimensions (range, bearing, and depth) in a real-time view of the whole volume of water ahead of t
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